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    If it is anything like our local schools and colleges then the dance offered at AB goes far beyond what would be offered at a local school 6th form. In my area the btec dance is a full time course not offered in schools but at satellite colleges.
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    Boots is a very large national chain of pharmacy/health/beauty shops.
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    Yes, that is a valuable opportunity and something I haven't seen happen much at other summer schools apart from for a very selected few students. And permission to use the solo for competitions or auditions! " The programme will comprise a daily two-hour ballet class, followed by classes in pointework, solo repertoire, and supported adage. Each class will be accompanied by one of our world-class pianists, and students will be given the opportunity to learn new work, make new friends and establish new contacts under the guidance of a highly-qualified Hammond ballet mistress. Students completing this course will have been professionally coached in at least one advanced level solo which they can use for auditions or appropriate level dance competitions."
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    I would also say that regarding OPES, the calibre of the teachers means that this particular Summer School attracts a lot of very serious vocationally minded students. However dancers who are more recreational are also welcomed. The course directors seem quite experienced in placing dancers in the correct class. In fact I feel that they do this better without auditions or photographs than some other Summer Schools which require photos do.
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    I have only just found about the new Hammond Ballet Summer School. It sounds very different to the general dance summer school which as Sarah says covers al styles of dance and is open to all abilities. I am thinking it might be worth starting a separate thread highlighting this one for Elia's benefit the Intensive Ballet School is for Intermediate and above Level dancers which would generally mean dancers aged at least 12 years old who have been en pointe (in the case of girls) for at least 1 year. You can find a list of the steps a dancer of that level would be expected to be capable of on the RAD website https://www.rad.org.uk/achieve/exams/what-we-do/rules-regulations-and-specifications under Intermediate Foundation and Intermediate. This is just a guide to the level expected. The leaflet advertising the course states The programme will comprise a daily two-hour ballet class, followed by classes in pointework, solo repertoire, and supported adage. Each class will be accompanied by one of our world-class pianists, and students will be given the opportunity to learn new work, make new friends and establish new contacts under the guidance of a highly-qualified Hammond ballet mistress. Students completing this course will have been professionally coached in at least one advanced level solo which they can use for auditions or appropriate level dance competitions.
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    I would agree with taxi that it won't be a problem at all. In fact I'm almost sure that one of the directors of OPES regularly works/teaches in Greece so will be familiar with the type of training systems over there.
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    It does rather assume that an applicant has the facilities to make such a video. We do not. Summer school photos we have enough room in the kitchen or conservatory to take a few photos but nowhere with enough space to dance. I suppose you could hire a space for an hour or two but that makes it a very expensive process.
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    That would depend on your child. You will watch a class demonstration first. Apart from that it will be just like a normal parents evening. You will queue & wait to see various teachers & the teachers will tell you & your child how they feel they have been doing so far & what they now need to work on.
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    I think a deposit is usual. It reserves your place but is refunded if you are unsuccessful in most instances.
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    I don't personally know of any other summer school who charge simply to apply but am happy to be corrected.
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    Not wishing to teach grandmother to suck eggs but you have checked your junk mail folder havnt you?
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    Yes, starting any school is very stressful. But unlike other schools where unless you have severe behavioural problems leading to exclusion you know you have a place until the end of year 11 it must be incredible stressful to know that you could be asked to leave at the end of any academic year.
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    I am no expert in these matters, but I have known children to have been accepted to vocational school aged 11 with no previous experience other than an outreach programme or once a week recreational class. However aged 16 I have not heard of anyone be accepted to a ballet based upper school who has not been dancing on pointe for several years & reached a high level of technique around Adv 1 Level even if actual exams have not been taken. Someone recently told me that at Elmhurst they enter their dancers for Intermediate in Year 9. Someone else told me that at Hammond they aim for everyone to have taken at least Adv 1 by the end of Year 11 but many will have taken Adv 2.
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    I have never heard of the BDQT but on the whole I would say that my impression of colleges offering the Trinity Diploma is that these institutions offer a very high level of vocational training. Both Trinity & OFSTED inspect these courses to ensure they are fit for purpose & they also monitor graduate employment. In terms of having a qualification I don't think that anyone auditioning a dancer will be at all concerned whether a dancer has a degree or diploma, they will be more concerns that the dancer has trained professionally at a recognised institution (this may be what gets them the audition in the first place so yes the institution attended & its reputation can be very important ) & will judge what they see st the audition. However if the dancer decides to go into another branch such as teaching then having a Level 6 diploma or degree (or dance exam board teaching diploma such as RAD) is very important. The employer will use the fact the applicant has a diploma to establish the level of training & understanding (the trinity diploma includes contextual studies) the applicant has reached & the employer will know the calibre of the institution authorised to offer these qualifications.
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    It is bare legs & no shoes.
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    I am assuming that it's ok to say this as the information has been put onto a public Facebook page & the child concerned named but a well known dance school based in Manchester has just announced that one of their boys who was auditioning for a Year 8 place has been offered an immediate start next week.
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    Tap classes at the Hammond are organised in such a way that the children are vertically streamed. Years 7, 8 & 9 take classes together & there are usually 3 sets although that may be reduced to 2 depending on numbers and the ability of that particular cohort. The 1st set are usually total beginner up to about Grade 2/3, the middle set perhaps about Grades 4/5 onwards etc although exams are not actually taken. In Years 10 & 11 they are set again. I have a feeling it may be two sets at that stage but it could be three, I'm not quite sure. A friend with a child in Year 10 says that some of her child's group are preparing for their Intermediate exam.
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    Commercial dance is the type of dance one might see in a music video or the backing dancers at a pop concert.
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    I don't know I'm afraid but I just wanted to say hello and I like your username. Until last week I had never heard of it but my daughter appears to have bought rather a lot of it and I have no idea what its for!
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    MDS awards are not transferable. They stay with the school.
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    I don't think that schools necessarily favour boys. Some schools such as White Lodge have a set amount of boys & a set amount of girls places so you could say that boys have an advantage in that there are less applicants per place. Otherwise candidates are ranked pretty fairly.
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    I, on the other hand have no excuse. I am supposed to be working. Instead I am following links to the Royal Ballet School website, a school my daughter will never attend and funding she will never receive.
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    Hairbelles, I think you might have looked at the wrong box. The MDS grant would be £900 on that income not the parental contribution.
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    My daughter has never taken part in this project but I know of several young dancers of varying ages who have. To be perfectly frank I am usually one of the most sceptical people out when it comes to this type of scheme but the dancers I know who have taken part without exception feel that they got so much out of it. I personally would not care what the ratio of children accepted is (though the dancers I know of who take part are all serious, vocationally minded young people), I would se it as an opportunity to gain tuition & experience from excellent teachers. One young lady I know of was a nice little dancer at a local ballet school. She joIned MTB & we lost touch. I saw her dance again about a year later & the difference was incredible. I heard that she was offered a place at vocational school but sadly no funding. Her mother put a lot of her improvement down to this company.
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    There used to be a uniform leotard as I remember a friend's daughter ordering it. This was about 2/3 years ago though.
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